Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不久前她还是个皮包骨头的黑小妞，穿的短裙，扎呆的发辫，如今俨保姆的模样，穿印花布的连衣长裙，戴浆洗得硬挺的雪白头巾。